233.150 - Commission: Powers. - Nevada Statutes

233.150  Commission: Powers.  The Commission may:

      1.  Order its Administrator to:

      (a) With regard to public accommodation, investigate tensions, practices of discrimination and acts of prejudice against any person or group because of race, color, creed, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, and may conduct hearings with regard thereto.

      (b) With regard to employment and housing, investigate tensions, practices of discrimination and acts of prejudice against any person or group because of race, color, creed, sex, age, disability, national origin or ancestry, and may conduct hearings with regard thereto.

      2.  Mediate between or reconcile the persons or groups involved in those tensions, practices and acts.

      3.  Issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses or for the production of documents or tangible evidence relevant to any investigations or hearings conducted by the Commission.

      4.  Delegate its power to hold hearings and issue subpoenas to any of its members or any hearing officer in its employ.

      5.  Adopt reasonable regulations necessary for the Commission to carry out the functions assigned to it by law.

      (Added to NRS by 1977, 1605; A 1979, 615; 1991, 1019; 1995, 1989; 2003, 1327; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 93)